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> So all of reddit, every page, needs to reverify its auth token every request? Yes. > Like, what is the worst that is gonna happen in a five minute window be
by wglb 5y ago
> So all of reddit, every page, needs to reverify its auth token every request?
Yes.
> Like, what is the worst that is gonna happen in a five minute window between logout and the token expiring?
Complete compromise of your reddit account.
> But every read request for a normal user? You are telling me that those all need to re-verify every request?
For information that is not public, yes.
> JWT is pretty rad, honestly.
In the eyes of an attacker, absolutely.